News Do Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones plan to sell their catalog? No – but it could be donated to charity. Jagger told the WSJ that “the children don’t need $500 million to live well. Come on.”
News Songtradr acquires Bandcamp from Fortnite maker Epic Games News arrives a year and a half after Epic Games acquired Bandcamp
Interviews With 20bn streams to date and annual revenues of over €25m, Romania’s Global Records sets its sights on expansion in the GSA region Diana Munteanu, Head of Label at Global Records, and Julian-Dominik Vicari, the company's new market head in Germany on the company's strategy for the GSA region.
News Quincy Jones receives first-ever Peace Through Music Award from Recording Academy and US State Department The Recording Academy has partnered with the US State Department on the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative
Analysis News Latin music generated $627m in US recorded music revenues in H1 2023 – up 14.8% YoY Latin music’s share of overall US recorded music revenues reached 7.5% in the first half of 2023, according to RIAA's Mid-Year 2023 Latin Music Report
Uncategorized K-Pop stars NewJeans to perform anthem for 2023 League of Legends World Championship Previous artists to have performed the anthem include Imagine Dragons and Lil Nas X
News Live Nation scraps artist merch fees at its US club venues as part of new ‘On the Road Again’ program Live Nation will also pay artists an extra $1,500 per show to cover fuel and travel expenses
Analysis News Spotify develops AI-powered voice cloning tool that can translate podcasts into multiple languages The new AI tool can translate podcasts into additional languages, all in the podcaster’s own voice
News From BTS renewing their HYBE contracts to Deezer raising its prices again… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
Interviews ‘Companies overlook niche markets. That is something we are starting to change.’ ONErpm's Martin Price on the independent company's global expansion...
Analysis News TikTok generated over $2bn in the UK and Europe last year – more than doubling YoY A new annual filing, reviewed by Music Business Worldwide, reveals how platform's business performed in multiple key markets.
News Robbie Williams to make ‘metaverse debut’ in LightCycle, a new AI-powered ‘hyper-realistic virtual city’ built with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 Platform aims to become "the go-to destination for art, film, gaming, music, fashion, sport, property and retail".
News Pieter van Rijn joins the Board of Directors at Downtown Music Holdings Exec is President of the group’s business and professional services division, Downtown Music
Interviews News As Rema crosses 1bn Spotify streams, Mavin Records boss Don Jazzy says there’s ‘no ceiling for what he can go on to achieve’ Mavin Records founder Don Jazzy on his predictions for Afrobeats and for Rema following his new streaming milestone...
Analysis News BTS renew contracts with K-pop giant HYBE HYBE revealed the news in a regulatory filing on Wednesday (September 20)